Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted after a month-long trial in which prosecutors maintained that she recruited and groomed teenage girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse from 1994 to 2004. A late-June sentencing date was set Friday for British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell after her conviction last month on charges including sex trafficking and conspiracy relating to the recruitment of teenage girls for financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse. Maxwell (60) was convicted after a month-long trial in which prosecutors maintained that she recruited and groomed teenage girls for Epstein to sexually abuse from 1994 to 2004. Epstein (66) took his own life at a Manhattan federal jail in August 2019 as he awaited a trial on sex trafficking charges. Prosecutors say that they'll drop perjury charges against Maxwell if she is sentenced on schedule.

Source: The Hindu January 15, 2022 07:05 UTC